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Possible Evidence of Time Variation of Weak Interaction Constant from Double Beta Decay Experiments

Nuclear Experiment 2014-11-18 v2

Abstract

A comparison is made of the probability of the process of two neutrino double beta decay for 82^{82}Se in direct (counter) and geochemical experiments. It is shown that the probability is systematically lower in geochemical experiments, which characterize the probability of ββ(2ν)\beta\beta(2\nu) decay a few billions years ago. The experimental data for 130^{130}Te are also analyzed. It is shown that geochemical measurements on young minerals give lower values of T1/2T_{1/2} (130^{130}Te) and T1/2T_{1/2} (82^{82}Se) as compared to measurements on old minerals. It is proposed that this could be due to a change in the weak interaction constant with time. Possibilities of new, precise measurements be performed with the aid of counters and geochemical experiments are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/0210011,
  title  = {Possible Evidence of Time Variation of Weak Interaction Constant from Double Beta Decay Experiments},
  author = {A. S. Barabash},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/0210011},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

6 pages, talk given at the workshop on varing fundamental constants, JENAM 2002, Porto, Portugal, September 2-7, 2002